Detained Thai Spy Meets His Mother Second Time

Thursday, 03 December 2009 04:06 DAP-NEWS

(Posted by CAAI News Media)

The detained Thai engineer charged in Cambodia of stealing fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Sinawatra’s flight plans on Wednesday morning met his mother, Simaluck Na Nakhon, at Prey Sar Prison on the outskirts of Phnom Penh for the second time since he was arrested by Cambodian authorities on November 11.

However, a Cambodian Foreign Ministry official said that so far the ministry has yet to receive any official letter or confirmation of the visit.

“The Foreign Ministry has not received the formal letter or confirmation as … Phnom Penh asked,” Koy Kuong, MFA spokesman, told DAP News Cambodia on Wednesday.

According reports from Bangkok, Simaruck would stay one night in Phnom Penh or stay here until the day that the Phnom Penh court proceeds the trial asked for bail on December 4.

Also, she will attend a court session on December 8 in Phnom Penh. However, Sivarak reiterated that he did not do anything against the Cambodian laws as the information about Thaksin’s flight plans were not confidential.

The secretary-general of the New Politics Party has raised suspicions about the Thai engineer’s mother for seeking assistance from the Pheu Thai Party, According to TNA in Bangkok.

He also believes that Thakin is using the engineer for political gain.

Secretary-General of the New Politics Party Suriyasai Katasila has made a comment about Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s criticism of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.

Suriyasai believes that Cambodia is prepared to confront Thailand on many issues.

The Cambodian Government confirmed that Thai workers at Cambodia Air Traffic Services (CATS) have not been fired, contrary to reports in the Thai press. Thai workers have been barred from entering technical rooms as this duty is responsibility of the Cambodian government.

The confirmation comes after Thai newspapers as saying that the Cambodian government fired 9 Thai workers at CATS. Thai media also made much of a Cambodia’s arrest of Sivarak Chutipong, 31. Phnom Penh Municipal Court has remanded the suspect in Prey Sar after charges of stealing fugitive former Thai Primer Minister Thaksin Sinawatra’s flight schedule during his 4-day trip to Cambodia on November 10, 2009.